netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26] CAN: use hrtimers in can-bcm protocol

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Message-Id: <20080415.190941.202291143.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	oliver@...tkopp.net
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, kaber@...sh.net, urs@...ogud.escape.de,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26] CAN: use hrtimers in can-bcm protocol

From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:29:30 +0200

> Make use of hrtimers to support high resolution capabilities, when 
> provided by the system clocksource.
> 
> The conversion to hrtimers additionally discovered and solved an 
> unlikely race condition that has been reproduced under (unrealistic) 
> massive receive load, which can only be produced on vcan software devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>

Applied, thanks Oliver.
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